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Ohio V. Johnson (1983)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 83-904
Case Term: 1983

Justices Involved

Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Sanda Day O'Connor
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Byron R. White
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Document 1

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 23rd, 1984
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 23rd, 1984
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 3

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 24th, 1984
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 4

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: May 24th, 1984
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: May 24th, 1984
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 6

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1984
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 7

From: Byron R. White
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1984
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 8

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 26th, 1984
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: May 29th, 1984
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: May 30th, 1984
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 11

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 6th, 1984
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket